Published: July 29, 2023 8:13 pm
Author: RT
Interfering with the military would have been “wrong” and “ill-advised,” the Russian president has said
It is not the president’s role to directly command troops, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, commenting on his role in the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev. Interfering with the military would have been “wrong,” he told the media at a press conference following the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg.
Putin said he was well aware of the situation on the frontlines but does not consider command and control of the military to be “my business.”
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